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Long Shot Prospect

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037183
MRDS ID M031062
Record type Site
Current site name Long Shot Prospect
Related records 10294495

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14442, 36.31806 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF GOLD BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
019S 070E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAINED .03 %
Result U3O8 , SPECIMEN SAMPLES CONTAIN 2 % U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14442, 36.31806
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS INTERBEDDED WITH TUFFACEOUS MATERIAL AND CLASTIC SEDIMENTS. POROUS LIMEY BEDS LOCALLY CONTAIN SMALL AMOUNTS OF URANOPHANE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 35 FOOT CROSS CUT EXPOSING THE LIMEY ORE BEARING BEDS. DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1956 , 21 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 184

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE AND INTERBEDDED TUFFACEOUS MATERIAL STRIKEN20 E, AND DIP 45 E; URANOPHANE IS FOUND IN SMALL QUANTITIES IN THIS FORMATION (HORSE SPRING).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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